12-letter words containing wi
- take up with — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- team up with — join forces with
- that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
- thick-witted — lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
- through with — having finished with (esp when dissatisfied with)
- tip the wink — to give a hint
- to hell with — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- tone in with — to harmonize with
- trolley wire — an overhead wire that provides the current required for the trolleys of electric vehicles
- twig girdler — a person or thing that girdles.
- twin killing — double play.
- twin paradox — a phenomenon predicted by relativity. One of a pair of identical twins is supposed to live normally in an inertial system whilst the other is accelerated to a high speed in a spaceship, travels for a long time, and finally returns to rest beside his twin. The travelled twin will be found to be younger than his brother
- twin-engined — (of an aircraft) having two engines
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- twitteringly — in a twittering manner
- twitterpated — excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten.
- twitterverse — the social networking site Twitter and its users
- underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- viewing lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- viewing time — the amount of time spent watching television, esp with regard to a particular region
- vine-growing — of, relating to, or characterized by the cultivation of grapevines
- vintage wine — a wine, usually of superior quality, made from selected grapes of a certain type, region, and year, then dated and usually stored for aging.
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- wash drawing — a watercolor painting executed by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other.
- water willow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Justicia, of the acanthus family, growing in water or wet places, especially J. americana, of North America, having clusters of pale violet to white flowers.
- weather-wise — skillful in predicting weather.
- well-wishing — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- welwitschias — Plural form of welwitschia.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- what…do with — to put or place
- wheel window — a rose window having prominent radiating mullions.
- wherewithall — Misspelling of wherewithal.
- wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
- whippoorwill — a nocturnal North American nightjar, Caprimulgus vociferus, having a variegated plumage of gray, black, white, and tawny.
- white willow — a willow tree, Salix alba, of Europe and Asia having leaves with pale undersides
- wicketkeeper — the player on the fielding side who stands immediately behind the wicket to stop balls that pass it.
- wide-brimmed — (of a hat) having a wide brim
- wide-mouthed — having a wide mouth
- wide-ranging — extending over a large area; extensive or diversified in scope: wide-ranging lands; a wide-ranging discussion.
- wideband atm — (networking) An enhanced form of ATM networking that transfers digital data over local area networks, originally at 0.96 Gbps, now (Aug 1996) at 1.0 Gbps.
- widow's mite — a small contribution given cheerfully by one who can ill afford it. Mark 12:41–44.
- widow's peak — a point formed in the hairline in the middle of the forehead.
- widow's walk — a platform or walk atop a roof, as on certain coastal New England houses of the 18th and early 19th centuries: often used as a lookout for incoming ships.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- wikification — The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
- wild apricot — apricot (def 4).